| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read this delightful African folktale about how fierce Leopard is actually afraid of Ram. Jackal tries to force his friend to be brave and face Ram. But Ram's wife tricks Leopard. Jackal pays the price in this humorous tale. |
Entertain |
Folk Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 204 |
2.0 |
460 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
18 |
Total # of Words |
375 |
# of Different Words |
174 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
226 |
60.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
85 |
48.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
15 |
4% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
3.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
| Additional activities |
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| Topics |
| Tricking |
| Fears |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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fellow |
jackal |
leopard |
leopard's |
meekly |
rough |
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